aqua pura

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This vegetable always flourishes in a moist soil, though it generally has a holy horror of aqua pura.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870 by Various

With pleasure, captain," said the Pythagorean, "only I wish you would adopt my principles—a vegetable diet and aqua pura.

From The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

M. Capiat hanc dosim ter die in aqua pura.

From Wives and Daughters by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

In Europe, for instance, light wines cannot be produced without 'liquor,' as the trade calls aqua pura, by latitudes lower than Germany and Southern France.

From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"You see I'm not afraid to risk a dip in the aqua pura," he said.

From The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained by Hope, Laura Lee